Sale 553 - Rare Books & Manuscripts with Early Medical Works from the George Bray Collection (At Oakland, Sunday, 8:00 am) (#553) 02/08/2015 8:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 38 of 196:
Darwin Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$3,600
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500

Title:
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

Author:
Darwin, Charles

Place:
London

Publisher:
John Murray

Date:
1868

Description:

2 volumes. viii, 411, [1], +32 ad; viii, 486, +[2] ad pp. (8vo) original green cloth, covers ruled in blind, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition, First Issue.

The only section of Darwin's expanded work on the origin of species published in his lifetime. Six lines of errata in Volume 1, seven in Volume 2, spine imprints in a single line of type. Publisher's catalog in Volume 1 dated April 1867; integral ad leaf at rear of Volume 2 dated February 1868. One of only 1500 copies printed. Embossed stamp of Liverpool's Holden Bookseller on front endpapers. Freeman 877.


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Condition:
Light wear to cloth, hinges cracked on Volume 1 but still tightly bound; otherwise a bright and near fine set.


 
Item number:
256273
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